August 4, 2023 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3108

Toughie No 3108 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by Dutch

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BD Rating – Difficulty *****Enjoyment ****

This seemed tricky. I had plenty to parse after filling the grid, and I was still changing the parsing while writing up the blog!. This time the F is missing from a pangram

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DT 30370

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30370

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first Friday blog from the new site location. My solve today proceeded faster than usual because a few answers leapt out at me from their definitions, leaving the wordplay to be parsed afterwards. But there were plenty of clues that worked the other, and IMHO more satisfying, way around, where the non-obvious answer emerges from following the wordplay instructions and generates a big smile.  Continue reading "DT 30370"

DT 30365 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30365

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 29th July 2023

BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A very friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from Cephas that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.Continue reading